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  • The Treasure wins Cannes Festival prize

    Cannes International Festival has awarded Corneliu Porumboiu’s The Treasure this Saturday, 23 May.  The juru that chose the winners was formed by Isabella Rossellini, Haifaa-al-Mansour, Panos Kourras, Nadine Labaki and Tahar Rahim. The film tells the story of two men that go through several adventures in their attempt to find a treasure buried in their…

  • Top ten false facts we believe about Transylvania

    Transylvania, the land of vampires, surrounded by mysterious dark mountains covered in fog, where werewolves wait in the shadows for their future victims… This is what we think when Transylvania is mentioned in the media. Probably most of us would not choose it as a touristic destination because some of us might think it’s fictional…

  • Documentary on Romanians living in UK, created by a British journalist, releases first teaser

    13 shades of Romanian is a documentary that was created in response to the British media’s negative coverage of Romanian immigrants in the UK. The documentary, which was funded entirely through crowfunding, focuses on the way Romanians live, work and integrate in the British culture. The producers of the documentary have stated on their website: “Our image,…

  • ” There’s some incredible places to visit in Romania”, the words of a British living in Romania

    A video series entitled ” Romania through their eyes” interviews foreigners that have chosen Romania as their home. While between 2.7-3.5 million Romanians immigrated to Western countries, Romania also has been the country of destination for around 198,839 immigrants from all over the world. Damian Galvin is a British citizen who came to Romania to do…

  • Romania wins silver at the Fencing World Cup

    The Romanian team won on Sunday the Silver medal at the Fencing World Cup held in South Afrika. Romania’s team lost the finals to China 24-26, after beating Francd 34-21. Romania’s team consisted of Ana Maria Branza, Simona Gherman, Simona Pop and Loredana Dinu.

  • Thousands of cyclists participate in the largest cycling marathon in Eastern Europe

    “First escape” the largest cross country cycling marathon in Eastern Europe will take place this year on May 10, in the forests north of Bucharest. Over 2,000 participants have already subscribed and the value of the prizes is over 7,000 euro. The prizes consist of money and cycling accessories. There are several categories in which…

  • Amalia Tataran wins Bronze medal at European U23 fencing championships

    Romanian fencing competitor Amalia Tataran has secured the Bronze medal on Saturday at the European fencing competitions for under 23, which took place in Vincenza, Italy. After defeating Polish competitor Anna Mroszczack with a 15-20 score, and Russian competitor Iulia Liceagina, she lost in semifinals to Russian Victoria Kuzmenkova. Other Romanian competitors such as Cezara Constantin…

  • Bucharest’s cyclists march for better roads

    Bucharest’s cyclists have taken the roads on Saturday, 25th of April in an attempt to protest the lack of proper infrastructure. According to totb.ro the cyclists wanted to raise attention to the lack of cycling and pedestrian infrastructure as Bucharest only has 5,97 kilometres of cycling friendly roads. They have noted that there is a…

  • Twenty countries gather at Cluj-Napoca to celebrate the Francophone festival

    The fourt edition of the regional Francophone Student Festival has been organized this year in Cluj between April 20-24. This year’s festival has gathered around 100 participants from 20 countries such as France, Albania, Letonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukine and Turkey. The festival’s theme was focused on celebrating the colours of youth. According to ziuadecluj.realitatea.net the…

  • Romanian family succesfully lobbies for the introduction of ecology courses in primary schools

    A family from Bucharest has managed to introduce ecology courses in Romanian schools. The parents have noticed a few years ago that their children were not aware about climate changes and they did not have any knowledge related to the environment. The parents, Felicia and Marius  have worked on several educational projects with the purpose…